Events

Come and talk to the team about scaling up you Welsh Food or Drink Business! We’re hitting the road with our Scale Up Surgeries. Join us for a confidential chat with our scale up specialists about your growth plans and how we can help you turn them into a reality.

It has been three years since we last opened our doors to budding food and drink newbies at the Royal Welsh Show but now we are back better than ever joining forces with many partners and even Wales’ largest supplier of Welsh produce, Pembrokeshire’s Puffin Produce. The Food & Drink Careers Hub 2022 aims to equip young and old with the means and ways to decide, plan and compete for opportunities in the Welsh food...

IS RIGHT FOR YOUR WELSH FOOD OR DRINK BUSINESS Join this Sustainable Scale Up Cluster event to learn and familiarise yourself with the complex world of finance products. This will enable you as business owners/managers to apply for the most appropriate and cost effective form of finance for your business needs. For more information, click here

From September 2022 onwards, all SALSA certified companies in the UK will be audited by a new issue of the standard. The aim of this free webinar is to ensure that all SALSA certified companies in Wales are briefed on the changes and how it will affect them. This two hour workshop will cover: • Changes to the SALSA standards • How your business can comply This workshop is particularly suitable for quality, technical and...

As part of the Celtic Connections project, nine of the best food and drink producers attended the 200 th Royal Highland Show in June 2022 to fly the Welsh flag for Wales food and drink. Celtic Connections is a project aimed to increase consumer and trade awareness of Welsh food & drink through a shared Celtic Heritage. This project supports the additional growth in the UK market by piloting new routes to market for Welsh...

At this free Welsh Government funded new product development (NPD) workshop, food and drink companies will gain access to world-class insight from industry thought leaders. The Future Diets research provides an industry first, long-term view of consumer eating habits over the next 10 years. This will help businesses gain a planning framework essential for a successful long-term NPD and business strategy. Delegates will: Understand in depth the way that consumer diets will develop over the...

Sunday 27 th February Wales took over the UK Pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020. Welsh Government’s partnership with the Department for International Trade (DIT) and the UK Pavilion showcased Wales as a globally responsible nation doing good things – at home and around the world. Bringing the very best of Welsh cheeses to the Pavilion gave an opportunity for visitors to sample a range of Wales’s finest products. Wales at Expo 2020 Pavilion saw a...

Investors, banks and finance providers joined Welsh food and drink businesses at the iconic Royal Mint on Thursday 24th March for the Sustainable Scale Up Cluster’s first annual conference, Money To Grow. Hosted by business journalist Brian Meechan, the agenda started with opening remarks from Lesley Griffiths MS, and Food and Drink Wales Industry Board member, Maggie Ogunbanwo. The focus of the morning’s agenda was examining in more detail the three key challenges faced by...

Money To Grow will examine in more detail how the 3Cs of scaling up - Capital, Capacity and Competencies - are key to the sustainable growth of Welsh food and drink businesses • Capital: Not All Money Is Equal • Capacity: What are the solutions to capacity challenges? • Competencies: Increasing Skills and Knowledge Through Non-Executive Directors (NED)

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/insight-conference-2022-turning-knowledg… This year’s Welsh Food & Drink Insight Programme conference features 5 themed sessions over 4 days covering Retail, Out of Home, Export, Economic Situation, and an NPD feature. We have an exciting line-up of expert speakers from insight partners Kantar, IGD, CGA, Euromonitor and thefoodpeople, as well as case studies from businesses who have had success Turning Knowledge into Action. Key expert speakers from insight partners include: Andrew Walker, Chief Knowledge Officer at Kantar...